[Event "FRA-Ch Nat. A"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

{Voici une sélection de parties "L'attaque entre les mains des Français".} 1.
Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 e4 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 h5 15.
Rad1 (15. f3 Rd8 16. Qe3 (16. Qc2 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 h4) 16... Bh6 (16... Ng4)) 15...
h4 16. Qg5 (16. Nb5 Qc5) 16... Kf7 (16... hxg3 17. hxg3 Kf7) 17. Qf4 (17. Qxh4
Bh6 18. f4 (18. g4) (18. Bh1) 18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Bg7) 17... Qc5 18. Nb5 (18.
Na4 Qe7) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 20. Nd4 (20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bh6) 20... Bd7
21. g4 Nxg4 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rd5 Qxd5 (23... Qb6 24. Rxf5+ gxf5 25. Qxf5+ Nf6
26. Qxc8) (23... Qf8 24. Bxe4 Nf6 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Bxb7) 24. cxd5 Be5 25. Qc1
Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Rh8 27. Qc4 (27. Qc3 Be5+) 27... Bd6+ 28. Kg1 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 b5 $1
30. Qxb5 e3 $1 31. Bf3 (31. fxe3 Bf4+ 32. Kg1 Bxe3+ 33. Rf2 Bxf2+ 34. Kf1 Bb6
$19) 31... Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2 (32. Kg2 Bh3+ 33. Kxh2 Bd7+) 32... exf2 33. Kg2 (33.
e4 Be5+ 34. Kg2 Rh2+ 35. Kf1 Bh3+ 36. Bg2 Rxg2 $19) 33... Bg1 34. Qc6 (34. Kf1
Rh2 35. Bg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 (36. Qc6 Rh2 37. Qxc7+ Kf6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh6
40. Qf8+ Kh5 $19) 36... Bh3+) 34... Rh2+ (34... Bh3+ 35. Kg3 f1=Q (35... f1=N+
$1) 36. Qxc7+) 35. Kg3 {Que jouer ?} f1=N+ $1 (35... f1=Q $2 36. Qxc7+ Kg8 37.
Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kg5 40. Qe7+ {=}) 36. Kf4 Rh4+ 37. Kg5 Be3+ $1
38. Kxh4 g5+ 39. Kh5 Ng3+ 40. Kh6 g4# {Un superbe tableau de mat !} 0-1

[Event "FRA-85th ch"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Romain Edouard"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O (6. Nxe5 Nxb3 7. axb3
Qe7 8. d4 d6 9. Nf3 Qxe4+) 6... d6 7. Re1 Nf6 (7... Nxb3 8. axb3 Nf6 9. d4 Nd7
10. c4) 8. d4 Nd7 $2 (8... Nxb3 9. axb3 Nd7 {était nécessaire} 10. c4) 9. dxe5
Nxb3 {On sent que quelque chose cloche dans la position noire, les Blancs ont
une belle opportunité, mais ils doivent ensuite se montrer précis.} (9... dxe5
10. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 11. Qd5+) (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bxf7+) 10. Bg5 $1 f6 (
10... Be7 $2 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. exd6 cxd6 13. axb3 $18) 11. exf6 gxf6 12. e5 $1
dxe5 (12... fxg5 13. exd6+ Kf7 14. dxc7 Qf6 (14... Qxc7 15. Qd5+ Kg7 16. axb3
$18) 15. axb3 Kg7 16. Nc3 $18 {Les Noirs sont perdants. Les Blancs ont déjà 3
pions pour la pièce et terminé leur développement.}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5+ (
14. Qxd8+ $2 Kxd8 15. Bxf6+ Be7 $17) 14... Be7 15. Qh5+ Kd7 {Que jouer ?} (
15... Kf8 16. Bh6+ Kg8 17. Re3 $18) 16. Bxf6 $1 {La pointe finale, qui devait
être calculée au début de la variante, sinon les Blancs ne gagnaient pas.} Nxa1
(16... Bxf6 17. Rd5+ Ke7 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. axb3 {[%csl Gd1,Gh5][%cal Gh5d1]})
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Qc5+ $1 Kf7 (19... Ke6 20. Qc6+) (19... Kf6
20. Qd4+) 20. Qxc7+ {abandon} (20. Qxc7+ Kg6 (20... Kf6 21. Qc3+ $18) (20...
Kg8 21. Qd8+ Kg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Qd5+ $18) 21. Qc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Memorial Alekhine"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 (3... Bf5) 4. Nbd2 $5 (4. Bg2) 4... Qd7 5. h3 (5.
Bg2 Bh3 6. O-O Bxg2 7. Kxg2 h5 8. e4 e6) 5... Bf5 6. c3 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5]} e5
$5 (6... f6 {est trop lent} 7. b4 e5 8. b5 Nd8 9. dxe5) 7. dxe5 O-O-O 8. e3 $2
(8. Nb3 $1 f6 9. Nbd4 fxe5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Nxe5 Qe8 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Bg2 {
Certes les noirs ont quelques compensations pour le pion mais probablement pas
assez.}) 8... Nge7 9. g4 $2 Bg6 10. b4 {Cela fait beaucoup de coups de pions.}
h5 $1 {Les Noirs jouent pour l'initiative.} 11. b5 (11. Rg1 {mais après} hxg4
12. hxg4 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 {suivi de Fg7 ou Ce5,les compensations noires sont
patentes.}) 11... hxg4 {Les Noirs obtiennent d'excellentes compensations pour
la pièce sacrifiée.} 12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. e6 (13. Nd4 Nxe5 14. f4 gxf3 $1 15.
N2xf3 Nc4 $1) 13... Qxe6 (13... fxe6 $2 14. Rg1 $1 {mentionné par Grischuk
après la partie et soudainement les blancs sont les mieux.}) 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Be7 (15... Bb4 $5) 16. Bg2 gxh3 17. Bf3 Bf5 {Avec l'idée de pousser le
pion g} 18. Qa4 Kb8 19. Ba3 Bh4 20. Nf1 g5 (20... Bd3 $1 {était probablement
encore plus fort} 21. Rh2 Rh6 $1) 21. Rh2 g4 22. Be2 Be4 {Idée Fg2} 23. Rc1 Bg2
24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Rc3 {Que jouer ?} Bxf2+ $1 26. Kxf2 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 (27. Bxf1 g3+
28. Kxg3 Qf5 $1 {Fressinet : Lorsque j'ai vu ce coup en calculant 25...Fxf2!
j'ai compris que le roi blanc ne pouvait plus s'échapper.} 29. Rb2 (29. Rxh3
Rcg8+ 30. Kh2 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qg1#) 29... Rcg8+ 30. Kh2 Rg2+ 31. Bxg2 hxg2+ 32.
Kxg2 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kh2 Qh5#) 27... g3 28. Bf3 (28. Rh1 g2+) 28... gxh2
29. Ke2 Rhg8 {Les Noirs sont gagnants} 30. Bc5 a6 31. Bh1 {Que jouer ?} Rg2+
32. Bxg2 {Kramnik a abandonné sans attendre 32...hxg2.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "(from Stohl)"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 ({In this year's heavy-weight AntiMoscow duel between Grischuk and
Aronian Black was finally successful in the most recent encounter:} 9. Ne5 {
0-1 (29),Grischuk,A (2733)-Aronian,L (2773)/ECC Ohrid/2009/}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O
Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 ({Due to the recent developments in this branch Black should
perhaps pay more attention to the less usual, but playable alternative} 11...
h5) 12. Nxd7 ({Topalov's blow} 12. Nxf7 {has almost disappeared from the scene:
} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Bg4 Raf8 17. Qc2 Rhg8 $1 {0-1 
(28),Bromberger,S (2510)-Sandipan,C (2585)/Zuerich/2009/}) 12... Nxd7 13. Bd6
a6 14. a4 {This is the main and most ambitious move.} (14. Re1) (14. Bh5) 14...
e5 15. Bg4 (15. d5 c5 16. b4 Qb6 $1 {is still considered reliable for Black:})
15... exd4 16. e5 c5 17. f4 $5 $146 {[%cal Gf1f8,Ge1e8] A new idea, White
would like to open both the <->e and f against Black's K. Bacrot prepared this
novelty already against Carlsen in Dortmund 2009, but had to face a Botvinnik 
(5...dxc4) instead. Now Aronian became the victim, Bacrot in a subsequent
interview mentioned a look of surprise in his opponent's face after the
text-move. Other continuations lack the shock value, but even here White
subsequently came up with a dangerous new idea:} (17. Bf3) ({More promising
seems to be} 17. Re1) 17... dxc3 {White's last move prevented Nxe5, thus
enhancing the potential effect of the ideas/threats, indicated in the above
note (axb5, e6, Re1, Bf3 etc.). Although it's a piece sacrifice (Black has
time to take the offered N), the question is of he can't afford to play even} (
17... gxf4 $5 {/\ with the analoguous idea}) 18. bxc3 Bf8 {A natural reaction,
Black forst of all challenges the monster Bd6.} (18... gxf4 $6 {already runs
into} 19. e6 Nf6 (19... fxe6 20. Bh5#) 20. Bh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Qxd6 22. Qxf7+ Kd8
23. Qxg7 Re8 24. Qxb7 $36) (18... Nf8 19. f5 $44) 19. Qe2 {White calmly
continues his development, as more direct continuations are inadequate:} (19.
e6 Nf6 20. Be5 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 Rg8 22. Bxf6 gxf4 $17) (19. fxg5 Bxd6 20. exd6 (
20. Qxd6 Nb6 21. Qxc5 Qd5 22. Qf2 Qxg2+ $5 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxa4 $17)
20... O-O $1 21. gxh6 Ne5 22. Rf5 f6 $15) 19... Bxd6 {Another logical and
human moves, which is consistent with 18...Bf8. Although now White's
initiatiative gives him at least a draw, other tries, initially favoured by
the computer, are connected with serious practical risk, especially for the
defence.} (19... h5 20. Bxh5 Rh7) (19... Nb6) 20. exd6+ Kf8 21. fxg5 hxg5 (
21... Rh7) 22. Be6 Rh7 (22... Nf6 $143 $6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Rf1) 23. Qc2 Kg8 $2
{This fails tactically, allowing Bacrot to demonstrate a forced win. Que jouer
?} (23... Nf6 $2 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxh7 $40 {/+-}) ({The only correct defence
was} 23... Rg7 $142 $1 24. Qf5 $142 Nf6 (24... f6 $2 25. Qh3 $18) 25. Qxf6 Qxf6
26. Rxf6 Rd8 (26... Ke8 $6 27. Bf5 $14 {|^}) 27. Raf1 (27. Bf5 b4 $11 {now
already gives Black sufficient <=>.}) 27... Rxd6 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7+ Ke8
30. Rxb7 Rxe6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Re5 33. Kf2 $11 {/+/= White has a
slightly better R _|_, but the most probable result is a draw. I can only
speculate if Aronian wanted to avoid this endgame, or what he overlooked in
the final pahse of the game...}) 24. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 25. Rf1 $1 {The combination
requires accuracy.} (25. Qg6+ $2 Kh8 26. Qxf7 Qf6 $1 {/\} 27. Qxd7 Rf8 $19)
25... Nf8 {Que jouer ?} (25... Ne5 26. Rxf7 Nxf7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh5+ $1 Kg7
29. Qxf7+ Kh8 (29... Kh6 30. Bf5 Qg8 31. Qf6+ Kh5 32. g4+ Kh4 33. Qh6#) 30. Bf5
Qg8 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 (32... Kf7 33. Qe7#) 33. Qh6+ $18) 26. Qf5 $1 {
The decisive blow.} (26. Rxf7 $2 Qxd6 $19) (26. Bxf7+ $6 Kh8 27. Qd1 Kg7 $13)
26... Nxe6 (26... Qd7 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Qxg5 $18) (26... Kh8 27. Qxf7 Nh7 (
27... Nxe6 28. Rf6 {-26...Ne6}) 28. Qxb7 $18) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rf6 Qxf6 (28...
Qf8 29. Qxe6 $18) 29. Qxf6+ Ng7 30. d7 $18 {This P will cost Black a whole R,
the rest is just agony.} b4 31. cxb4 cxb4 32. d8=Q+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Qb6
Be4 35. Qxb4 Bd3 36. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Open de Martinique"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Romain Edouard"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 ({After} 5... h6 6. Bh4 {
Black also failed to equalize.} (6. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 ({In the pro chess
league I played the way too slow} 7... Qd8 $2 8. Qc2 g6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5
dxe5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. h4 $16 {1-0 (40) Gozzoli,Y (2586)-Edouard,R
(2626) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. h4 Bg7 9. h5 g5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O-O {and
White's position looks nice, although it is not that easy to handle, for
example:} c6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Ng3 d5 $1 14. Nf5 Qf6 {is fine for Black
according to the engine.}) 6... exd4 (6... Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 Nh7 9. Bg3 Ng5
10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 (16) Kohlweyer,B (2407)-Bosboom,M (2442)
NED 2014}) (6... c6 7. e3 g5 (7... g6 $2 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 $16 {1/2-1/2 (32)
Fedorovsky,M (2392)-Krstic,U (2478) AUT 2013}) 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4
Nc5 11. Be2 (11. Rd1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 a5 13. Be2 Bg7 14. g4 a4 15. Bf3 Qa5 16. Kf1
$14 {1-0 (28) Rusev,K (2516)-Kozul,Z (2602) Skopje MKD 2012}) 11... g4 12.
O-O-O $40 {1/2-1/2 (41) El Gindy,E (2450)-Abdelnabbi,I (2421) EGY 2015}) (6...
g5 $5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 (8. dxe5 Nxg3 9. hxg3 g4 $1 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nd2 Bg7 12.
e3 Ne5 13. Be2 O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 (33) Lysyj,I (2598)-Andreikin,D (2603)
Belgorod RUS 2008}) 8... Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6
13. O-O-O $14 (13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Bf5 $6 c5 15. Nde2 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qe6 $11 {1-0 
(52) Lu,A (2319)-Tarjan,J (2406) chess.com INT 2017})) 7. Nxd4 Nc5 (7... Be7 8.
Nf5 g5 9. Bg3 Nc5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd4 Bf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f3 Kb8 14. e4
$14 {1-0 (22) Aronian,L (2684)-Solak,D (2596) Moscow RUS 2005}) (7... Ne5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 $8 9. e3 $14 {1-0 (62) Petkov,V (2484)-Rotstein,A (2552) ITA 2010})
8. e3 Be7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Bxh4 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nf5
Bxf5 15. Qxf5 $14 {0-1 (40) Kotlyar,S (2110)-Josenhans,D (2245) Long Island
1995}) 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Ne8 $146 {Trying to get rid of some pieces, which is
not a bad idea when you lack space.} (7... c6 8. Be2 $1 {Probably best.} (8.
O-O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nf5 Nb6 $13 {1/2-1/2 (30) Vitiugov,N (2705)
-Andreikin,D (2715) Moscow RUS 2012}) 8... Qc7 9. O-O Re8 10. Rfd1 g6 11. Rac1
a6 12. b4 Kg7 13. c5 $1 $16 {1-0 (38) Bluebaum,M (2519)-Carlstedt,J (2437) GER
2014}) 8. Bxe7 (8. h4 $5 {makes sense as well:} exd4 ({The main point is that} 
8... f6 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh4g5] fails to} 9. Bd3 $1 h6 $5 (9... fxg5 10. Bxh7+
Kh8 11. hxg5 Bxg5 12. Bg8+ Kxg8 13. Qh7+ Kf7 14. Qh5+ {[%cal Gf3g5,Yf7e7,Gc3d5]
}) 10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 11. Bh7+ Kh8 12. Qg6 $18 {[%cal Gg6h6]}) (8... f5 {[%cal
Rc2h7]} 9. c5 $5 $146 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxg5 11. Nf3 $6 Bf6 12. O-O-O c6
$13 {1/2-1/2 (44) Nogueiras,J (2521)-Lubashov,A (2411) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 9...
exd4 10. Bxe7 (10. exd4 $5 dxc5 11. O-O-O $1 {also makes sense.}) 10... Qxe7
11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O-O $5 (12. Nxd4 $14) 12... Nb6 13. Nxd4 $14) (8... h6 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%csl Rh4,Rh6][%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5,Yh6h7]}) 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 $5 Ne5 10.
O-O-O {should just be nice for White.}) 9... Nef6 (9... Ndf6 10. O-O-O Bg4 $2
11. Re1 $1 Qd7 12. Nh2 Bh5 {1/2-1/2 (56) Knaak,R (2510)-Okrajek,A Nordhausen
1986} 13. g4 $1 Bg6 14. Qe2 $18) (9... c6 10. Bd3 Ndf6 11. O-O-O d5 12. Rde1 $6
(12. cxd5 $1 cxd5 13. Kb1 $14) 12... h6 13. Ne5 dxc4 $6 (13... Be6 $1 $13) 14.
Bxc4 Nd6 15. Ng6 $1 Re8 16. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qg6+
$18 {1-0 (33) Palatnik,S (2490)-Kovacevic,D (2280) Chianciano Terme 1988}) 10.
O-O-O Re8 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Kb1 c6 13. Rde1 Be6 (13... h6 $5 {might be an
improvement.}) 14. Bxf6 $1 $146 (14. Ne2 b5 15. Nf4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 17. Nxe6
Nxe6 18. Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 (18) Renet,O (2515)-Efimov,I (2435) FRA 2009}) 14...
Bxf6 15. Ng5 g6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Nxd5 $14) 8... Qxe7 {[%cal Yf7f5]
} 9. Bd3 {Preventing ...f5.} Nef6 10. O-O-O Re8 {[%cal Re5e4]} 11. Nd2 Nf8 ({
During the game, I thought critical should be} 11... exd4 12. exd4 c5 {[%csl
Ye5] and now the engine comes up with a beautiful idea:} 13. Rhe1 $1 ({I was
planning} 13. Nf3 {but after} cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Kb1 Nc6 {it seems Black is
fine.}) 13... Qxe1 14. Nde4 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 {[%csl Rd6]} cxd4 16. Nd5 $40 {
[%csl Rd5,Re4][%cal Yd5c7,Ye4d6]}) 12. h3 c6 (12... exd4 13. exd4 Ne6 {[%csl
Yd4]} 14. Rhe1 Qd8 15. Nde4 $1 $14 Nxd4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxh7+
{[%csl Rd4]}) 13. g4 a6 $6 (13... exd4 14. exd4 d5 {should be played, and after
} 15. g5 Nh5 {[%csl Yf4,Yh5]} 16. cxd5 Qxg5 {[%csl Yh5] the position is
unclear. The knight on h5 is an excellent defensive piece.}) 14. dxe5 $1 (14.
g5 N6d7 15. f4 $14 {was another option.}) 14... Qxe5 (14... dxe5 15. g5 N6d7
16. Nce4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gc4c5]} Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Gc4c5]
î xc5}) 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Nd4 {[%csl Rd2,Gd4][%cal Gg4g5,Gh3h4,Gd4f5,Gd3f5] I
thought this should be the strongest.} (16. g5 N6d7 17. Ne4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5
19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Kb1 $14) 16... g6 17. g5 Nh5 (17... N6d7 18. h4 $40) 18. h4 Nd7
{[%cal Yd7c5,Yd7e5]} ({I was expecting} 18... Ne6 {and after} 19. Be2 Nxd4 20.
Rxd4 Bf5 21. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6,Yh5]} (21. e4 Nf4 {[%csl Ye2]} 22. exf5 Nxe2+ 23.
Qxe2 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Rxe2 25. f6) 21... b5 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Yf5g6] I thought
Black should have counter chances, although the engine just plays} 22. Rd1 {
and claims White is much better.} (22. Rxd6 b4 23. Na4 Qe4 {[%csl Yb1,Yh1]}))
19. Be2 Ng7 20. h5 {[%csl Rg5]} Nf8 {[%csl Yg6,Yh7]} (20... Qxg5 $6 21. h6 $5
Ne6 22. Ne4 $40 {[%csl Rd6]}) 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc3e4]
î xNe4} Qxg5 23. Rdg1 Qe7 24. Ne4 {[%csl Yg6,Yh7][%cal Gg1g8,Gh1h8,Re4g5,Rh1h6]
Going for Ng5 and a sac on h7 soon or late.} (24. Kb1 $5 {was also a smart
preparatory move.}) 24... Bd7 (24... c5 25. Ne2 Bf5 26. N2c3 $16) 25. Ng5 {
[%csl Yh7]} c5 26. Ne2 {[%csl Yg6,Yh7][%cal Re2f4]} (26. Nxh7 Nxh7 27. Bxg6 {
should also be strong, but there was no reason to rush.} Nf6 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29.
Nf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5) 26... Bc6 27. Rh6 Qf6 28. Nf4 Re7 {[%csl Gc2,Gd3,Gf4,Gg1,
Gg5,Gh6][%cal Gd3g6]} 29. Nxh7 Nxh7 30. Bxg6 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Yh7f8,Gg6h7]} Kf8
31. Rxh7 (31. Bxh7 Qxh6) 31... Ne6 32. Nh5 $5 (32. Nxe6+ $18 Qxe6 (32... Rxe6
33. Rf7+) 33. Rh8+) (32. Rxe7) 32... Qe5 33. Qf5+ $1 Qxf5 34. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Mem Alekhine"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 (4... h5 {[%csl Gg5]}) 5. g4 {[%cal Yh7b1]
} Be4 (5... Bc8) 6. f3 Bh7 {[%cal Re7e6]} 7. e6 Nf6 (7... fxe6 {[%csl Rf3]
[%cal Gg1f3,Gf3e5]} 8. Bd3 {[%csl Rf8,Gg6,Gh7]}) 8. Bf4 (8. exf7+ Kxf7 {[%csl
Rf3,Rf8][%cal Gg1f3,Ge7e6,Gb8d7,Ge7e5]}) (8. Nc3) (8. Bd3 Qd6 {[%cal Rd6e6]} 9.
exf7+ Kxf7 {[%cal Re7e6,Re7e5]}) 8... Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} (8... Qc8 9. exf7+ Kxf7
{[%csl Rc8]} 10. Bh3 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 9. Nc3 $1 (9. b3 $2 c5 {[%cal Yb6e6]} 10.
exf7+ Kxf7 11. dxc5 Qxc5 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Ge7e5,Gb8c6]}) (9. Qc1 Qxd4) 9...
Qxb2 {[%csl Yc2,Yc3]} (9... c5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Nge2) 10. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Ga1b1,
Gb1b7] kitchen} (10. Na4 Qb4+ (10... Qa3 {[%csl Ra4]} 11. c3 fxe6) 11. c3 Qa5)
10... Qb6 11. Nge2 {[%csl Yb5]} a6 {[%cal Rc6c5]} (11... fxe6 12. Rb1 Qa5 {
[%csl Rb7]} 13. Rxb7 (13. Nc1 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Qa3 (14... Qb4 15. Qe1 e5 16. a3
Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qxa1 18. Qxa1 exf4 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 a5 21. Nc5 e5 22. Nxd7
Nxd7 23. Rb1 exd4 24. Ne2 b6 25. Nxf4 Kf7 26. Qxd4 Bb4+ 27. Kc2 Bc5 28. Qc3 Bb4
29. Qd4 Bc5 {[%eval 0,23]}) (14... Qd8 15. Bd3 (15. Qe1) 15... Bxd3 16. cxd3 g6
17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Qxe6 Nf8 19. Qe3 b6 20. Rbc1 Qd7 21. Rhe1 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23.
Bxg5 Rh3 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. g5 Bg7 26. Re2 e6 27. Qf4 Qf7 28. Qd6 Qd7 29. Qf4
Qf7 {[%eval 0,23]}) 15. Bd3 e5 16. dxe5 Qb4 17. Bg3 d4 18. Ke2 Bxd3+ 19. Qxd3
Qxc3 20. Qxc3 dxc3 21. exf6 exf6 22. Na5 b6 23. Nxc6 h5 24. Rbd1 Nc5 25. Kf2
Kf7 26. Rhe1 Rc8 27. Nxa7 Ra8 28. Nb5 Rxa2 29. Re2 Na4 30. Nc7 Kg6 31. Ne6 Bc5+
32. Kg2 hxg4 33. fxg4 Re8 34. h5+ Kh6 35. Rd7 {[%eval -31,24]}) 13... Nbd7 14.
Nc1 {[%cal Gc1b3]} Nb6 (14... e5 15. Nb3 (15. dxe5 d4) 15... Qa3 16. Bxe5 (16.
dxe5 O-O-O 17. Qb1 Kxb7 (17... Nb6 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. exf6 (19. Nd4 Kb7 20. Bb5
cxb5 21. Qxb5) 19... exf6) 18. Nc5+ {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18.
Nd4 Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nxc6 Qc5 21. Bb5 a6 22. Ba4 d4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kc1
Qxf4+ 25. Kb1 O-O-O 26. Rxd7 Qb4+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 Qb4+ 29. Kc1 {[%eval 0,
23]}) (14... g5 15. Nb3 Qa3 16. Bg3 Bg7 17. Qc1 Qxc1+ 18. Kxc1 Kf7 19. Ba6 gxh4
20. Rxh4 Rhd8 21. Bf4 Ne8 22. Na5 Bxd4 23. Ne2 Bg7 24. Bxh6 Nd6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7
26. Rc7 Ne8 27. Rxc6 Bg8 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. Rc7 Ne8 30. Rc3 Nd6 31. Nac6 e5 32.
Nf5+ Nxf5 33. gxf5 Rf8 34. Nxe7 Kf6 {[%eval 50,22]}) 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Qe1 e5 17.
Qxe5 Nc4+ 18. Bxc4 Qxb7 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Ba6 Rd8 22. Qh5+ g6 23.
Qe5 Rg8 24. Na4 Qd6 25. Nc5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Kf7 27. Bb7 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Rxg7 29.
Bxc6 Bg8 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Nd7+ Kf7 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 e6 34. Nf6 Rd6 35. Bb5
Rd8 36. Bd7 Ke7 37. Bc6 {[%eval 41,22]}) (11... c5 12. Rb1 {[%cal Gc3b5]}) 12.
Rb1 Qa7 {[%csl Yb5,Yb7]} 13. Na4 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Ga4b6,Rc6c5]} b5 (13... Nbd7
14. exd7+ Nxd7 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Yb7b5,Ye7e6]}) 14. Nc5 {[%csl Rb8,Ye6][%cal
Rb8d7]} Bg8 {[%cal Yf7e6,Ge6f7]} 15. Be5 (15. Be3 fxe6 16. Nf4 {[%cal Ye6e5,
Ge3a7]} Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ng6 Rh7 19. Bd3) 15... fxe6 16. Nf4 Nbd7 17.
Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ng6 Nxe5 {[%csl Rd4]} 19. dxe5 {[%csl Yf8,Gg6]} Rh7 {[%cal Rh6h5]
} 20. h5 {[%csl Yf8,Yh7]} c5 21. f4 Bf7 {[%cal Yf7g6]} 22. Qf3 O-O-O 23. Be2 {
[%csl Yf8,Yh7][%cal Ge2b5]} c4 (23... Bxg6 24. hxg6 Rh8 25. a4 b4 26. c3 {
[%cal Gh1c1]}) 24. a4 {[%csl Yf8,Yh7]} Kc7 (24... Qd4+ 25. Kc1 Qc5 (25... Qb6
26. axb5 axb5 27. Qa3) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qc3 {[%cal Gc3a5]}) 25. axb5 axb5 26.
Rxb5 Qd4+ 27. Ke1 Ra8 28. Rb1 (28. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) 28... Ra2 {[%csl Rf8,
Yg6,Rh7][%cal Gf7g6,Gh7h8,Gh8a8]} 29. c3 (29. Nxf8 Rh8 30. Ng6 Rha8) 29... Qd2+
30. Kf2 Rc2 {[%csl Rf8,Rh7]} 31. Qe3 (31. Nxf8 Rxc3 (31... Rh8 32. Ng6 Ra8))
31... Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 33. Kd4 Rc2 34. Rhe1 Kc6 35. Rb8 (35. Nxf8 Rh8 36.
Rb8) 35... Bxg6 36. hxg6 Rh8 37. Reb1 Rd2+ (37... Rxe2 38. R1b6+ Kd7 39. Kc5 {
[%cal Gb6b7]}) 38. Ke3 Ra2 {[%cal Ge3c5]} 39. R8b6+ (39. R8b6+ Kc7 (39... Kc5
40. R1b5#) 40. Kd4 {[%cal Ga2d2,Rd4c5]} Rxe2 (40... Rd2+ 41. Kc5) (40... Ra5
41. Rxe6 {[%cal Ge2f3,Gf3d5]}) 41. Kc5 Ra2 42. Rb7+ Kd8 43. Rb8+ Kc7 44. R1b7#)
1-0

[Event "World Youth Belfort"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "Sylvain"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3Q4/1p4bk/1P4pB/4qp1p/8/1r1p2P1/5P1P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

{[#]This game not appearing in the database, I had to push my memory in order
to recompose the position I had. As this is the luckiest draw I have ever made,
I could remember it. My position was totally lost and, instead of just
resigning, I decided to go for a last trick, though chances that it would work
were above 0,1%.} 1. Bxg7 Kxg7 (1... Qxg7 2. Rc7) 2. Rc7+ Kh6 3. Qf8+ (3. h4 {
mates at once.}) 3... Kg5 4. f4+ Kg4 5. fxe5 d2 {[#]My opponent had a lot of
time and I had almost no time left. However, and we mentionned in the second
chapter that it should not be done, he played his last moves and next move 'a
tempo'.} 6. Rd7 $4 {It did work! Many other moves (Kg2, Qd8, Qd6, Rc4+) would
just give mate within a few moves.} (6. Qd6) (6. Qd8) (6. Rc4+) (6. Kg2) 6...
Kf3 $1 {[#]The position is a draw.} 7. h4 Kxg3 8. Kf1 Kf3 {Extrait du livre
"Manuel des erreurs évitables"} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eilat"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Exo1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/pp1q1p1Q/2r1p1p1/4b1B1/P7/2P4R/3r1PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

32. Qh6+ $1 Bg7 33. Bf6 $1 Rd1+ (33... Bxh6 34. Rxh6) 34. Kh2 Qc7+ 35. g3 Bxh6
36. Rxh6 Ke8 37. Rxd1 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. Rh8+ Kd7 40. Rd8+ $18 *

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Exo2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/p2q2p1/2p4p/3n4/3B3R/2P2pPP/P1Q2P2/6K1 b - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

30... c5 $1 31. Bxg7 (31. Bxc5 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qb5 $19 {idée Th1+}) 31... Re1+ 32.
Kh2 {Que jouer ?} Ne3 $1 33. Qb3+ Kxg7 34. Qb8 {Que jouer ?} Qxh3+ $1 35. Rxh3
(35. Kxh3 Rh1#) 35... Ng4# *

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Exo3"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5Q2/1b5p/p2p2p1/3Pq2k/1Pp5/2N4P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

42. Nd1 $1 Qe1+ (42... Bxd5 43. Ne3 $18 Be6 44. g4+ Kg5 45. h4+ Kxh4 46. Qh6+)
43. Kh2 Qxd1 44. g4+ (44. g4+ Kg5 45. f4+ Kh4 46. Qh6#) *

[Event "Berlin (blitz)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Bauer, Ch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Exo4"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/1q1p2pp/4p3/1pPnN3/4r3/6P1/3Q3P/R5K1 w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.23"]

29. Qf2+ $1 (29. Rf1+ $2 Nf6 30. Nxd7+ Ke8 $1 $13) 29... Nf6 30. c6 $1 dxc6 31.
Ra7 Qc8 32. Qc5+ Kg8 33. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qxf6+ Kg8
37. Nf7 $18 *

